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Ball

noun

1.

Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games. "The mayor threw out the first ball" , "The ball rolled into the corner pocket"

2.

A solid projectile that is shot by a musket. Synonym: musket ball.

3.

An object with a spherical shape. Synonyms: globe, orb.

4.

The people assembled at a lavish formal dance.

5.

One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens. Synonyms: ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis.

6.

A spherical object used as a plaything.

7.

United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989). Synonym: Lucille Ball.

8.

A compact mass. Synonyms: chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump.

9.

A lavish dance requiring formal attire. Synonym: formal.

10.

A more or less rounded anatomical body or mass. "He stood on the balls of his feet"

11.

The game of baseball.

12.

A pitch that is not in the strike zone.

verb

(past & past part. balled; pres. part. balling)

1.

Form into a ball by winding or rolling.

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... and Nevis with coastlines in the shape of a baseball bat and ball, the two volcanic islands are separated by a three-km-wide channel called The Narrows; on the southern tip of long, baseball bat-shaped Saint Kitts lies the Great Salt Pond; Nevis Peak sits in the center of its almost circular namesake island and its ball shape complements ...

— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... troopers were somewhat disarranged by a part of the earth suddenly flying upwards in a cloud; it was the effect of a cannon-ball which had struck the ground. They started a few paces backwards, wiped their faces, and having all passed their jocular sentiments on the occasion, coolly united again to view ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. - Volume 13, No. 359, Saturday, March 7, 1829. • Various

... "Sister, be careful or the devils will enter into you again." Evidently they did, because the other women in the rooming house told me that in the evening when she arrived at her room to go to bed, the devils rolled her up like a ball with her heels almost on her shoulders, and her sufferings were horrible. They prayed and did everything they could to help her get straightened out, but to no avail. They tried to find Bro. Ahrendt and I, but we had moved that night to another place. No one ...

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... great ball of the season at Fort Ellsworth. For a special reason it had begun unusually late; but, though the eighth dance was on, the great event of the evening had not happened yet. Until that should happen, the rest, charming though it might be, was a mere curtain-raiser to keep men ...

— A Soldier of the Legion • C. N. Williamson

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